Politics and Law
- Singapore is ranked 2nd behind Hong Kong for quality of Asian Judicial System.
- In 2010, Singapore was ranked in the last position among high-income countries for "fundamental rights" and "open government", and in the first position for "access to civil justice" and "order and security" by the World Justice Project Rule of Law Index.
- Singapore is ranked the country with the least corrupt public sector.
- Freedom in the World 2010: ranked Singapore 5 out of 7 for political freedom, and 4 out of 7 for civil liberties (where 1 is the most free), with an overall ranking of "partly free".
- The World Audit on corruption, democracy and freedom of press: ranked Singapore 1st for corruption (least corruption), 69th for democracy, and 111th for freedom of press.
- The Economist: Democracy Index 2007, ranked 82 out of 167 countries
- Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009: ranked 133 out of 175 countries
- Transparency International: Corruption Perceptions Index 2010, ranked joint 1st with Denmark and New Zealand out of 178 countries
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